Viola Davis (/vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə; born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and film producer. Her accolades include both the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked her ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century (2020). Davis received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2025. A graduate of Juilliard, Davis began her career in Central Falls, Rhode Island, appearing in small stage productions.
Doubt: Stage to Screen
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⭐ 5.915Operation Othello
⭐ 0Get Rich or Die Tryin'
⭐ 6.803World Trade Center
⭐ 6.1Far from Heaven
⭐ 7.046Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
⭐ 6.9Law Abiding Citizen
⭐ 7.387Stone Cold
⭐ 6.808Jesse Stone: Night Passage
⭐ 6.9Disturbia
⭐ 6.69The Pentagon Wars
⭐ 6.791Nights in Rodanthe
⭐ 6.3Doubt
⭐ 7.194Madea Goes to Jail
⭐ 6.5Knight and Day
⭐ 6.224Eat Pray Love
⭐ 6.241Trust
⭐ 6.557State of Play
⭐ 6.806The Shrink Is In
⭐ 5Ender's Game
⭐ 6.59The Help
⭐ 8.206Two Butterflies
⭐ 0Won't Back Down
⭐ 6.13On Broadway
⭐ 8.7Love, Marilyn
⭐ 6.582Amy & Isabelle
⭐ 5.25Beautiful Creatures
⭐ 6.036Prisoners
⭐ 8.098Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
⭐ 7.1The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
⭐ 6.2I Almost Forgot About You
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⭐ 5.513The Substance of Fire
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⭐ 7.3Get on Up
⭐ 6.764The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
⭐ 6.7Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
⭐ 6.978The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
⭐ 6.684Black Adam
⭐ 6.9The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
⭐ 7.01Kung Fu Panda 4
⭐ 7.059Suicide Squad
⭐ 5.9Lila & Eve
⭐ 6.104G20
⭐ 6.5The Architect
⭐ 5.735Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
⭐ 8It's Kind of a Funny Story
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⭐ 6.391Ocean's Eleven
⭐ 7.448Touch of Evil
⭐ 7.014Jesse Stone: Sea Change
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⭐ 6.971Fences
⭐ 6.864Kate & Leopold
⭐ 6.33August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
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⭐ 6.674Antwone Fisher
⭐ 6.928Traffic
⭐ 7.08Small Great Things
⭐ 0The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
⭐ 0Syriana
⭐ 6.419Widows
⭐ 6.5Troop Zero
⭐ 6.9Beyond All Boundaries
⭐ 6.833Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
⭐ 5.7The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
⭐ 0The Suicide Squad
⭐ 7.5Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story
⭐ 6.5Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
⭐ 6.65The Unforgivable
⭐ 7.427Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
⭐ 6.143A Touch of Sugar
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⭐ 7.667Grace & Glorie
⭐ 6.3Children of Blood and Bone
⭐ 0The Ebony Canal: A Story of Black Infant Mortality
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